Scientist, Organizer, Citizen (Dedicated in loving memory to the Corresponding Member of RAS Valery Petrovich Chichkanov)

The paper is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding scientist and statesman, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Valery Petrovich Chichkanov, who was a member of the Editorial Council of the journal Economics of Science and actively participated in its work. The goal is to describe the main ideas that he reproduced over the last three years of his life, which are reflected in a series of nine articles.Additionally, it aims to demonstrate the significance of his figure for the Russian economic school and the Russian Academy of Sciences. The methodology used is descriptive and historical-bibliographical analysis. The main result of this study is the systematization of V. P. Chichkanov’s main proposals on the development of the Russian Academy of Sciences, regions, and management teams. It also proposes an alternative methodology for assessing these teams in the field of public administration and import substitution policy, which collectively reflects their contribution to the economy and management. The originality and role of the Corresponding Member of RAS V. P. Chikanov for Russian science emphasize the usefulness and importance of these ideas.